WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga
I ngā wā o mua, whakamahia ai he uhi hei tā i te moko, arā, he taputapu i hangaia i te kōiwi o te toroa. Ka paoa te uhi ki te kuru, ā, ka haea te kiri o te tangata. Ko te turiwhati tētahi atu taputapu tāmoko, i hangaia mai i te kōiwi tonu o taua manu, ko te ngira tāmoko te rite. Ka whakamahia te āwheto, tētahi momo hekaheka, me te wai ngārahu hei tae. Ko ētahi o ngā ringa tāmoko o ēnei rā kei te whai tonu i ēnei tikanga o mua, engari ko te nuinga pea kei te whakamahi i ngā pūrere tāmoko me ngā momo waitae o ēnei rā.
He tauira tēnei o te uhi matarau:
He tohu te moko o te tuakiri Māori o te tangata, o tōna here ki tōna iwi, me tōna whakapapa. Ko ngā rārangi matua o te moko, ka kīia ērā ko ngā kaka. Hei tauira o te moko:
He moko kauae tenei:
He paeturi tēnei moko kua tāngia ki te kūwhā o te tangata:
Mēnā he tānga tauira noa iho ki te kiri o te tangata, me te kore i aro ki ngā tikanga Māori, ka kīia tērā ko te kirituhi. He tauira tēnei o te kirituhi:
